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UPDATES: Group calls for Premier Clark to resign
Vancouver/CKNW(AM980)
Martin MacMahon | Email news tips to martin.macmahon@corusent.com
3/3/2013

The pressure continues to build on Christy Clark as hundreds of registered BC Liberals from the Indo-Canadian community are calling for the premier's resignation today.

Vikram Bajwa is a registered BC Liberal, and he says at meetings today in five temples in the Lower Mainland, hundreds of Indo-Canadians have agreed to call for Clark's resignation in the wake of the leaked Liberal plan to woo ethnic voters and even use government resources to do so.

"The ethnic vote issue is going out of hand and somebody needs to come forward and take the responsibility."

Bajwa says those at today's meetings are also calling for the scrapping of the Times of India Awards.

He says the $11 million award show is irrelevant to the BC economy, is of no cultural value, and won't help Indian immigrants adapt.

But the BC Liberal candidate for Surrey-Fleetwood says Bajwa might have alternative motives.

Peter Fassbender says Bajwa attempted to replace Sukh Dhaliwal when he pulled out of the running for Panorama-Ridge, but was spurned.

"I suspect anyone who isn't accepted as a candidate may feel like they've been slighted."

Fassbender also questioned whether Bajwa has his numbers right when he says 500 registered BC Liberals are calling for Clark's resignation.


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  1. Vancouver Sucks posted on 03/03/2013 12:06 PM
    Although I agree with the resignation part, this looks more like a take over bid by the Indian community itself. So I'm not game. It's just another way for special interest groups to get what THEY want and to change BC to accommodate THEMSELVES rather than serve any righteous purpose for all of BC.
    1. RB_3382 posted on 03/03/2013 12:55 PM
      @Vancouver Sucks Good comment, lot of people don''t think of it that way.
  2. DavidSB posted on 03/03/2013 12:08 PM
    If the Liberals had a ghost of a chance before they are lost now. Stick a fork in this party because they just blew a huge hole in their leaking lifeboat
  3. brianp1950 posted on 03/03/2013 12:17 PM
    seeing how umethical the Liberals have been how could they possibly now force her to resign and then delay the election? we have a fixed election date in place. These guys should of thought of this befoe now. What a disgrace for the Liberlas and for the people of BC!
  4. MichaelD_10 posted on 03/03/2013 12:51 PM
    I couldn't believe the Liberal party picked Christy to replace Campbell. When I first heard Christy was running for Premiere. I Thought good deal, I won't have to listen to her on the radio anymore. The folks in the Liberal party that picked her, obviously did not listen to to Christies show. Because if they did, they would have known how unbending and set in her ways she is. Which I found to be petty.
    1. bctaxpayer posted on 03/03/2013 01:05 PM
      @MichaelD_10 Risky Clark is Poison to all BC Taxpayer's.I cannot stand the sigt nor sound of her,what a poooooooooooor choice the deperate BC Lie erals made. Now they will pay for it.
  5. AreEmBee posted on 03/03/2013 01:25 PM
    Who's writing this crap? Has someone hijacked the CKNW website? I cannot believe how poorly written the above story is.

    Regardless of special interest groups. this province has been so severely screwed over by the BC Lieberals that we're likely to never recover. The Campbell/Clark Lieberals are racists and we've always known that. They'd be happy to sell of public education to the Fraser Institute, and public health care to Uhmerican for-profit HMOs.

    I cannot wait for the provincial election, but I don't have my head in the sand. Regardless of which party makes up the next provincial government, the Lieberals have so mismanaged the budget that nothing short of a miracle will dig us out.
    1. Ron_26 posted on 03/03/2013 01:42 PM
      @AreEmBee I guess what ever sells is the bottom line. Poor writing and irresponsible research are becoming trademarks of CKNW. It's getting harder find decent reliable news reporting these days.
    2. WizardOron posted on 03/03/2013 04:00 PM
      @AreEmBee This writing is a combination of what the Indo-Canadian community wrote (its their statement) as well as what Martin MacMahon from CKNW wrote.
  6. traza1 posted on 03/03/2013 01:28 PM
    What a storm in a tea cup, all the parties pander to the ethnic vote, none better than the NDP. I do not agree with everything the Liberals do, but they are by far the best we have. If we elect the NDP we will really have something to cry about.
    1. miltw posted on 03/03/2013 02:19 PM
      @traza1 Doesn't matter who we elect it can't be as corrupt as what we have had for a decade.
      If the next party is more corrupt than the liebrals maybe they can learn from the best and not get caught so many times?

      There is nothing left to steal,sell or hand over to friends so that only leaves printing their own money.
    2. bctaxpayer posted on 03/03/2013 06:16 PM
      @traza1 A Milf does not make a good Premier.
  7. BillF_8 posted on 03/03/2013 01:40 PM
    There is no doubt that Clark is by far the worst "premier" this province has ever had. Clark should just disappear once and for all. Good riddance.
    1. Ron_26 posted on 03/03/2013 01:43 PM
      @BillF_8 Looks like Dix just might win that distinction soon.
    2. bctaxpayer posted on 03/03/2013 06:15 PM
      @BillF_8 Indeed risky is the worst un elected premier Risky is stubborn,arrogant to the fullest. What a poor example of a Premier,risky will never,never cut it.
  8. MisterS posted on 03/03/2013 01:54 PM
    What's all the fuss about? Things are just going swimmingly aren't they? Ah right. A nice juicy scandal heading into an election. One word? Shambles.
  9. miltw posted on 03/03/2013 02:24 PM
    Are the liebrals starting next week with a new scandal or are they working on a 7 day scandal calendar?

    Seems that for the past week not a day has passed without some new scandal showing up.

    Keep it up crissy you DA milf.
  10. UnemployedinBC posted on 03/03/2013 03:39 PM
    Well played Team Orders dating back to Christys placement as leader of the Libs.
    Team places Christy as leader.
    Christy runs amuck as she has done.
    NDP gains in poles due to Christy.
    Backbone of Libs look great compared to Christy.
    Lib insider leaks Ethnigate to Dix long before election
    Dix runs with it immediately rather than sitting on it till campaign
    Libs oust Christy (aka Christy resigns) march 3 2013
    Libs gain in poles and get minority govt. May 14 2013.
    all planned before Christy was put in place for leader.
    Four more years of the 1% running BC
  11. LorAx posted on 03/03/2013 03:46 PM
    Don't care for the Liberals,but a strategy to influence voter groups is not unreasonable - I suspect the NDP have a similar strategy.

    The problem is with the use of public information, provided to the government in trust by people who make applications etc, and the use of that information acquired throught public office and public expense. This is an abuse of power, a violation of public trust, and speaks volumes about their understanding of public trust. All regimes who have fallen to this level have been deposed.

    Not all Liberal members are dishonest, - there are many really good honest and sincere Liberals, but it appears that a group of people - likely Liberal by name only - without pubic morality havehijacked the Liberal Ship.
    1. insite posted on 03/03/2013 04:11 PM
      @LorAx Is it a coincidence that the hijacking was carried out shortly after Premier Campbell's resignation?

      Just asking? If otherwise,when did the hijacking occur and who were these hijackers whom you label as not being honest like most Liberals?

      Comments like this are going to upset people.
    2. bctaxpayer posted on 03/03/2013 06:10 PM
      @LorAx I do not give a hoot for any BC lie berals.Most are corrupt.
  12. insite posted on 03/03/2013 04:06 PM
    Have we all noticed how quickly Mr Fassbender has switched gears from speaking on behalf of the municipalities during the RCMP CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS to becoming the chief spokes person for the BC Liberals?

    And, wasn't he the spokes person speaking on behalf of Metro Vancouver mayors on transit/infrastructure issues?

    Didn't we tend to nod our heads in agreement?

    Even before he is elected-and that is not a sure thing- he is already acting like he represents the province.

    If he hasn't done so already, he should relinquish all his positions and appointments immediately.
  13. traza1 posted on 03/03/2013 06:26 PM
    It depends who the competition is, is a fraud any better ?
  14. speakup posted on 03/04/2013 11:47 AM
    And so it begins...........
    Meeting at TEMPLES and THEY think THEY have the POWER to make these types of THREATS in BC..............

    To be forewarned is POWER
    STOP it before it gets worse

    NO MORE TEMPLES!

    I guess Christy should pack up her Saris.............
    Come on Christi - these temples goers have less respect for women than most other cultures - good luck and don't back down to this CRAP!
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